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What is the mechanism that prevents the FtsZ ring fromassembling over the bacterial chromosome during binary fission?What proteins prevent FtsZ from polymerizing at the poles of thecell?

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The bacterial nucleoid itself can act as a cell cycle checkpoint and prevent division by preventing the formation of FtsZ over the bactrerial chromosomes until the replicated sister chromosomes have segregateda process termed nucleoid occlusion a process we will discuss later also SlmA and Noc are important members manifesting this process Bernhardt et al 2005 showed that SlmA is a nucleoidassociated division inhibitor capable of mediating nucleoid occlusion Nucleoid bound SlmA may compete with membraneassociated FtsZ binding    See Answer
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